Warning: Contains spoilers for Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special #1!Batman Ability to bounce back after a beating is the true nature of his persona. He fought a villain again and again, and he never gave up – not even when Bone broke his back. Until fans travel to the one universe, that is, where the bat finally stayed down.
Kyle Rayner’s Green Lantern slips into a world of an alternate 90s reality in Zero Hour Special 30th Anniversary #1 by Dan Jurgens, Ron Marz, Darryl Banks, Howard Porter, Jerry Ordway, and Kelley Jones. What he finds is one of the biggest what-if scenarios for Batman in DC history.
Deep inside Wayne Manor is a paralyzed Bruce Wayne, living like a hermit in his mansion and using a high-tech wheelchair to get around. This is a pity Fact where bone actually broke the bat – and the bat never came back.
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Bone is the only villain to break Batman
Jim Aparo’s iconic image from Nightfall
The events of nightfall, by Doug Moench and Jim Aparo, had far-reaching consequences for the Dark Knight. One of the biggest shockwaves of this iconic storyline is the fact that Batman could be beaten, and even more surprisingly, the beating came from an entirely new villain And not from the Joker. Bane broke Batman’s back in a single comic panel that reverberated through the comic community for years to come. But what came back was only stronger.
The most unrecognizable aspect about this alternate Batman is that he has himself.
In Tom King’s run on the Batman Title – specifically in the City of railways Arc with artist Mikel JanÃn – Batman and Bone have a back-breaking rematch where Batman is finally able to exact his revenge. The story of King and Janine took years in the making and all of it happened because Batman was never truly broken. But this Zero hours The special asks a basic question, creating a whole alternate reality where the best DC stories of the 90s met their worst outcomes:Hat if the bat is actually broken during Nightfall – And for good?
The real Batman never breaks
Batman finally catches a break with his revenge
As Batman becomes more powerful than ever in DC’s modern timeline, it’s important to remember that he’s only human, and humans can be broken. In this alternative Zero hours world, Batgirl takes on the role of Gotham’s protector full-time, and Bruce Wayne wastes away in his manor, practically unrecognizable With the gray hair and the full beard. More than that, the most unrecognizable aspect about this alternate Batman is that he has himself.
Batman isn’t special – he just keeps fighting. The worst part about this version of Batman is not that his back was permanently broken, but that he lets that stop him. Even from the throne, Batman can still be the essence of the Dark Knight, just different, not unlike Barbara Gordon’s Oracle. If the man wearing Batman’s deck can be broken, then he’s not Batman to begin with. Fortunately, in the real world, Batman Always rises, and he can never be broken.
Zero Hour Special 30th Anniversary #1 is now available from DC Comics!
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